Front steels on corsets



A. J. LECOUTRE. FRONT STEELS ON CORSETS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY27, 1919.

1,391,393. PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

Rue ni-ov UNITED. STATES AUGUSTE JEAN LECOUTRE, OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 ROYAL WORCESTER CORSET 00., OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A

MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Application filed May 27, 1919. Serial No. 300,075.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUeUsTE J. Lnoou'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Front Steels on Corsets, 'of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the front steels on a corset, one of which has thereon headed studs, and the other clasps, by means of which the front steels are secured together, and my invention particularly relates to the clasps, and studs on the front steels.

My invention more particularly relates to a construction of the clasp shown in my U. S. Letters Patent, No. 1,037 A99.

The object of my invention is to improve upon the construction of the clasp shown and described in said patent.

In the clasp shown and described in my said Letters Patent, the thickened end of the clasp is made hollow, or recessed on its inner surface, with an inwardly extending flange or edge surrounding the hollow portion, said flange or edge extending at substantially right angles to the outer surface of the thickened portion of the clasp.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction of my improvements, and more particularly in making the thickened end of the clasp solid, and without any recess on its inner surface, so that the head of the stud will engage with the inner surface of the thickened end, which extends in the same plane as the inner surface of the main portion of the clasp, as shown in Figure 3, and pass directly into the enlarged end of the opening in the clasp.

Referring to the drawing Fig. 1 is a front view, on an enlarged scale, of the upper part of a pair of steels, with clasps thereon embodying my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a section, on line 2, 2, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow, same figure.

Fig. 3 is a section, on line 3, 3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow, same figure.

In the accompanying drawing, 1, 1' are the upper part of two front steels for a corset. 2 are the studs on one steel, as 1, which in this instance have a shoulder 2 thereon, with a projecting end which exclasp 3, with the tends through an opening in the steel, said end is riveted to the steel 1. The shank of the stud, which is preferably of uniform diameter, extends above the steel, and has an enlarged end or head 2 thereon to engage the outer surface of the end of the clasp 1n the usual way. 7

3. are the clasps of my improved construction. The clasp3 consists in this instance of the fiat portion 3 of uniform thickness, which may be of the ordinary shape of clasps used on corsets. The part 3* is secured to one of the front steels, as 1, by rivets 4c passing through holes in the clasp 3, and in the steel 1, in the usual way. The clasp 3 has an opening 3 therethrough, a little larger than the heads of the studs 2 to freely receive said studs in the usual way. Leading out of the opening 3 is an opening 3 of less diameter than the opening 3", to receive the shank of the stud 2, and allow the head 2 to extend over the edges of said opening 3.

I will. now describe my improved construction of the clasp 3.

The end 3 of the clasp 3, which engages with the stud 2, to secure the two steels 1, and 1' together, is made thicker than the main portion of the clasp, and is made solid, instead of hollow, as in the construction shown in my pattern, above referred to. The thickness of theend 3 is a little less than the length of the shank of the stud 2, between the head of the stud and the front face of the steel 1, as shown in Fig. 3. Intermediate the thicker end 3 of the clasp 3, and the flat portion 3?, are the inclined or cam shaped surfaces 3*.

In connecting the studs 2 and the clasps 3, the heads of the studs 2 are passed through the opening 3 in the clasps 3, and then the front'steels 1, and 1 are drawn apart to cause the heads on the studs 2 to pass up on the inclined parts 3 of the clasps 3, and the shank of the studs 2 into the narrow opening 3 in the thicker end 3 of the head of the stud 2 extending through the sides of said opening 3, as shown in Fig. 1.

I have found in practice, that by making the thickened end of the clasp solid, and with no recess on its inner surface, that I prevent any liability of the head of the stud catching upon the inner surface of the clasp, as will happen in the construction of CORPORATION OF the clasp shown and described in my Letters a What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is V 1. A corset steel having a clasp secured thereto, which consists of a single thickness of metal, having an opening therethrough, which is larger at one end, to receive the head of a stud, and smaller at the other end to receive the shank. of the stud, the end of said clasp which has the smaller opening being solid and of greater thickness than the portion of said clasp which has the larger opening, and the inner face of said clasp extending all in one plane, and the n outer face of said clasp having inclines, located at the sidesof said opening, and leading from the thinner to thethicker part of said clasp.

2. The combination with corset steels, of a stud, and a clasp, the clasp having inclines on its outer surface for pressing the bases together when engaged, and having its inner surface extending all in one plane, to prevent improper engagement of the stud and clasp.

AUGUSTE EAN .LECOUTRE.

v Witnesses: 7

J OHN C. DEWEY, MINNA HAAS. 

